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Since losing his job in 2023, Scott had applied to 1,600 jobs, completed 78 interviews, and depleted his savings just to stay afloat. The constant rejection had become so unbearable that he went on antidepressants. So when a recruiter from a staffing company called with a job offer last December,…

Mark Cuban says AI agents will cut workdays down by an hour

Mark Cuban said AI agents will slash an hour of work from typical workdays. Loading audio narration… In an X post on Sunday, the billionaire investor wrote that “smart, bigger companies” will let their employees create and use AI agents to improve their productivity. But he said that more importantly,…

Inside the race to cut Russia off from the global internet

Anton, a 44-year-old Russian soldier who heads a workshop responsible for repairing and supplying drones, was at his kitchen table when he learned last month that Elon Musk’s SpaceX had cut off access to Starlink terminals used by Russian forces. He scrambled for alternatives, but none offered unlimited internet, data…